Vintage Murano Italian Hand-Blown Art Glass Avventurina Gold Fleck Bowl 6" Heavy

USD 125.00

Condition: Used

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View Vintage Murano Italian Hand-Blown Art Glass Avventurina Gold Fleck Bowl 6" Heavy with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Developed on the island of Murano, Venice in the 16th century and jealously guarded as a state secret for generations, genuine avventurina requires copper or gold crystals to be grown within the molten glass matrix itself at precise and unforgiving temperatures. Description: There are objects that fill a shelf, and there are objects that stop a room. This is the latter. This is a heavy, hand-blown art glass bowl executed in the avventurina technique — one of the most technically demanding and historically significant achievements in the entire history of glassmaking. Developed on the island of Murano, Venice in the 16th century and jealously guarded as a state secret for generations, genuine avventurina requires copper or gold crystals to be grown within the molten glass matrix itself at precise and unforgiving temperatures. It cannot be faked. It cannot be rushed. What you are looking at is the result of centuries of accumulated craft knowledge expressed in a single object. The Gold: The Avventurina in this piece is extraordinary. Thousands of gold flecks are suspended throughout the glass — not painted on, not applied to the surface, not a modern approximation — but living inside the glass itself, catching and throwing light from every angle. In direct light it glows like captured sunlight. In softer light it smolders like embers. It is never the same twice. The Form: The bowl is approximately 6 inches in diameter — substantial and commanding in person. The thick clear glass walls are hand-worked on the exterior into flowing organic ribs that curve and fold with the casual confidence of a master glassblower at the height of his craft. The base is a beautifully pinched and folded organic foot — entirely hand-formed, entirely individual. No two of these were ever exactly alike. The interior bowl sits within a broad flat rim, creating an elegant and deliberate composition that is as much sculpture as it is vessel. The Weight: Pick this up and you understand immediately what you are holding. It is dense, substantial, and serious in the hand — the weight of genuine thick-walled hand-blown glass that was made to last centuries, not seasons. Provenance and Attribution: Acquired at auction. Unsigned, as the majority of fine Murano pieces are — paper labels are lost to time, and most Murano glassblowers of this era did not sign within the glass itself. The avventurina technique, the weight, the construction, the form, and the quality of execution are entirely consistent with mid-century Murano production, circa 1950s–1970s. A collector familiar with Venetian art glass will recognize this piece immediately. Condition: Exceptional for age and origin. No chips, no cracks, no repairs. Avventurina gold remains vivid and brilliant throughout with no dulling or loss. All hand-worked exterior elements fully intact. Interior clean and bright. Full original clarity and brilliance retained. This piece has been cared for with the respect it deserves. This is a serious collector's piece at an honest price. It will not disappoint in person. It will not disappoint for decades. Condition: Used. Category: Art › Other Art.